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In an interview in 2010 Southern rapper Yung Joc revealed that Pharrell had offered him the “Blue Magic” beat first, but he didn’t know how to tackle it:

I was like, ‘Oh, that’s Rakim. Yeah, I know that shit.‘ I was listening to the beat and the concept. I was like, ‘I don’t know if that’s me… I want some of that wild shit you do. This shit’s kind of calm.’

Jay-Z was like, ‘Yo Joc, if you don’t want it, I’m gonna take it.’ I was like, ‘Hold on. What the fuck’s going on? You’re trying to use Jay to make me…' I’m looking at Jay-Z, and I gotta ask myself, ‘Is this a move they’re doing to make me be like, okay I want to do it ‘cause I don’t want to let him have it?’ I was like, ‘You know what Jay? I think you should have this beat. It fits you.'